The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-21

A MuRDRRoUs, ARRAY took place recently
in . Chicago Chinese laundry between two
Celestials. One shot at the other but
missed him and then beat him over the head
with Q revolver till he was unconscious.
THE Democratic caucus held at Sacra-
meuto, Cal, on the 18th to nominate Sen-
ator, resulted In the election Of George
Hearst ON the first ballot.
A RECENT telegram said that the b. Re
ct Newport News had been settled and the
troops had returned to Richmond.
TIE New York World recently published
Of over 5000 600 by the presidents Of the
Union Pacific railroad.
A CHICAGO telegram said . short time ago
that Spies, the anarchist, would be married
in Jail soon to Miss Eva Van ZaLdt.
REV. JOHN PATTERSON, Presbyterian, at
Cambridge, Wis, recently cut his throat,
caused by mental alteration.
THREE Cinnamon were lately burned to
death in hotel in Salem, Orc.
On the 18th two attempts were made to
damage the Suffer street cable road in San
Francisco. In the first attempt dynamite
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completely wrecked dummy No. "a, and
immediate vicinity. The second attempt,
which happened an hour after the first, did
not do any damage.
THE SOUTH.
A RECENT special from Alexandria, La,
reported the assassination near Pineville Of
an old negro named Washington. He was
shot and his house fired. The negro's body
was burned to o crisp. He had the reputa-
ton of being dishonest.
TIE steamer d. L. Talley, Of Mobile
struck q snag the other day ten miles above
Demopolis, Ala, on the Tombigbee river,
and sunk in six feet of water. There was
possibility Of raising her. She was valued
at $4,000
Two HUNDRED hands under q military
guard were put to work at Newport News,
Va, short time ago, but twenty of them
quit during the day. General Wickham
has refused to arbitrate. The men are
quiet.
Two men were struck by an express train
and killed recently as they were crossing
the railroad near Charleston, w. Va
JAMES j. JACKSON, Chief Justice Of Geor-
gia, died on the 18th.
A TREMENDOUS explosion recently took
place in q powder mill, twelve miles from
Springfield, o.
A PRAIRIE fire recently destroyed 5000
acres of pasture and several thousand sheep
near Taylor, Tex.
THOMAS j. CLUvERIUs was hanged at
Richmond, Va, recently for the murder OF
Lillian Madison.
BIsMARCK's army measure was defeated in
the German Reichstag on the 14th and he
read an imperial message dis
solving the chamber and fixing February
q for the holding Of general elections for
the new Reichstag
TEXAS was recently reported suffering
from the most severe drouth ever expe-
rienced there.
GENERAL.
JOHN DILLON, the Irish leader, has just
begun suits for $1,000 damages against two
police inspectors for malicious prosecution
and arrest and 81. 600 damages for seizure
of documents at Loughrea, Ireland.
THE carriage Of the Infanta Isabella, sis
ter of the late King Of Spain, broke down in
the Prado forest, near Madrid. recently, and
for a time it was rumored that she had been
kidnapped.
THE State Line steamer, State Of Ala
bama, which recently left Glasgow for New
York, has been signalled of Fasthet, having
broken down and returned under sail. Tugs
had gone to her assistance.
GOVERNOR TORRES, of Sonora, Mex, was
confined to his room q short time ago with
smallpox and fears were entertained for his
life.
LORD IDDEsLEIGH, better known as Sir
Stafford Northcotc, ex-Premier Of Great
Britain and recently q cabinet minister, died
suddenly on the 18th.
AT monastery in the vicinity Of Mar
bonnie, France, the other day, q dozen
brigands presented a revolver at the head
Of the father superior. Not losing his pres
ence Of mind he sprang to rope near by
and rang the chapel bell. The monks hur-
riedly rushed in in response to the alarm,
and q short conflict resulted in the flight of
the brigands, who fired a volley before they
decamped, by which three monks were Sc
verely wounded.
The steamer Celtic Monarch was aband.
oned at sea short time ago. The crew and
passengers were saved.
The English Government has lately de-
cided to purchase 10000 additional horses
and 10000 Mannlicher repeating rifles, to
be ready March l.
CHOLERA was reported epidemic in the
Argentine Republic q short time ago and
hundreds were dying daily.
The Governor Of Herat was recently
summoned to Cabool to answer charges Of
secretly favoring Russia, and fomenting q
hatred Of England among the Afghan peo-
pie. II found guilty he will be sentenced
to death.
THE LATEST.
A DISPATCH OF the 10th from San Frun-
cisco said that an abandoned vessel, beat
ing against the rocks near the Golden Gate,
exploded 10000 pounds Of powder she had
on board, doing terrible damage.
AMERICAN securities were quoted lower
in London during the week ended January
Is Business was depressed on the Paris
Bourse. A limited business was done in
the Berlin money market, prices being
weak.
IT was telegraphed from W ashington that
Sunset" Cox, who had been suffering from
q severe attack Of pleurisy for the past
week, was more seriously i'll than was gen.
orally supposed.
CHOLERA was reported prevailing to a ter
rible extent short time ago in the Argen-
tine Republic and Uruguay. Hundreds were
lying weekly.
GENERAL w. B. HAzEN, Chief Signal On
Ger, died at Washington on the 10th Of dia-
betes. He was born at Hartford, VT, Sep
tember "a, 1880.
A TELEGRAM from New York said that
there had been more deaths from measles
IN that city for the week ended January Is,
han ever before for corresponding period
in the history Of the city.
THE contract for grading sixty miles Of
he Chicago extension Of the Santa Fe road
from Fort Madison westward has been
to Macarthur Bros, Of St. Paul.
The contractors headquarters will be at
Keokuk, Iowa